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[Q] Phone On Wifi Only Internationally?

Hey guys,
So I know that this question was already posted up for other phones, and other countries, but I just wanna BE SURE in this particular case as well...
I left California, and am in South Korea right now, and was wondering if I would get roaming charges for using my Epic 4G? What if I turn OFF the data roaming, and or set it to Sprint only? Can I use wifi without fear insane billing later?
Sorry again to have to ask a second time like this, but I just wanna be sure -- someone else who was with Verizon said her network costs $100/day to roam, and I don't make that kinda money.

Turn off data completely and then turn on WiFi. I do it in Jamaica all the time. U could also do airplane mode and then turn WiFi on. 6 of one.
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Yeah, just turn on airplane mode then turn on wifi.
FYI, you can set it up so you can receive and make wifi calls for free (at least to the USA) using your Sprint number. If you want instructions, let me know.

Yes please! Would using that method enable me to make calls to USA numbers, or only numbers that happen to actually BE currently located in the USA?
Thanks for the help and putting up with me!
^^
dtugg said:
Yeah, just turn on airplane mode then turn on wifi.
FYI, you can set it up so you can receive and make wifi calls for free (at least to the USA) using your Sprint number. If you want instructions, let me know.
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dtugg said:
Yeah, just turn on airplane mode then turn on wifi.
FYI, you can set it up so you can receive and make wifi calls for free (at least to the USA) using your Sprint number. If you want instructions, let me know.
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How do u do that?
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Kangaji said:
Yes please! Would using that method enable me to make calls to USA numbers, or only numbers that happen to actually BE currently located in the USA?
Thanks for the help and putting up with me!
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You would be able to make (free) calls to any US/Canada number, no matter where they are. And low-cost international calls (you will need credit in your Google Voice account). People receiving your calls would see your Sprint number on the caller id, and people calling your Sprint number would be able to reach you no matter where in the world you are (so long as you have a wifi connection.
OK. Here is what you do.
1) Sign up for a Google Voice account if you don't have one already. I'm guessing you will be able to do that from Korea, if not, use a US proxy server or something.
2) Tell it that you want your Sprint number to be your Google Voice number. You don't have to do this step if you don't want to, but if you don't, people will have to call your separate Google Voice number and that is the number that will be displayed on the caller IDs of people who you are calling.
3) Go to Options>Voice settings (button is at the very top right hand corner). Under forwarded phones, you should see Google chat as an option. Check it. You should see your Sprint/GV number as an option and it should be checked by default. I don't think it matters too much whether you leave it like that since your cell antennas should be off but if you uncheck it make sure to check it when you go back to the states otherwise you will not be able to receive calls with your Sprint service.
4) Download Siprdoid. The first time you open it up, it should give you the option to create a new account with your GV account. Go ahead and do that. Then press menu on your phone, and settings, then "SIP Account" (that should be the very first thing on the menu). Make sure that the "Use WLAN" setting is checked.
5) If you also want to make calls to international numbers, add some money to the GV account via their website. The rates for South Korean numbers are $.02/min and $.05/min for landlines and mobile lines, respectively.
6) When you get back to the states, either make sure Siproid isn't running or uncheck forwarding to Google chat. Otherwise you'll end up having your phone getting two calls at the same time!
That should be all! I haven't had a chance to test this out outside of the country. But I have turned off everything except wifi and tried and it works perfectly. I am confident it will work the same in Korea because it all works over the Internet. I hope I made these instructions clear enough. If not feel free to ask me to clarify.
ETA: I would also install the GV app on your phone as the Sprint voicemail app will longer receive voicemail. At least I think it won't. I deleted it a long time ago.

dtugg said:
Yeah, just turn on airplane mode then turn on wifi.
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That won't work... you can't enable wireless in airplane mode, at least on every 2.2 rom I've used. Samsungs fault, so unless you are running cm7 don't think you can do that.
You can however completely disable the cell radio from the info menu.
1) Open the dialer enter: *#info*1111#
2) phone info (top option) - scroll to the bottom.
3) click disable radio button
Do this after every phone reboot, the radio will re-enable itself at boot.
This will turn the cell radio off but allow you to use wifi. If you leave the radio on its going to waste tons of battery searching for a sprint signal it will never find with 100% time without signal.
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iamchocho said:
That won't work... you can't enable wireless in airplane mode, at least on every 2.2 rom I've used. Samsungs fault, so unless you are running cm7 don't think you can do that.
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It works in samsung gingerbread roms. I've never tried in froyo and I don't have it on my phone now so I can't speak for that.

4g LTE phone calls experience need opinion

Hello can anyone please share your experience specifically on the calling and the texting features ?
Maybe even make a video? No one seem to talk about this at all?

kingrichards said:
Hello can anyone please share your experience specifically on the calling and the texting features ?
Maybe even make a video? No one seem to talk about this at all?
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Wow no one here have courage? To try this? Lol
C'mon guys pop that SIM card in there and share the experience!!!!!!!!!!

I would like no know this too as I just got the 4G LTE and text messaging works flawlessly, except phone calls as it gives me busy signal on all calls that are made. Don't know what's wrong. The sim card is activated and everything works as it should. Except phone calls..

Adam.S said:
I would like no know this too as I just got the 4G LTE and text messaging works flawlessly, except phone calls as it gives me busy signal on all calls that are made. Don't know what's wrong. The sim card is activated and everything works as it should. Except phone calls..
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There's really not a lot to talk about. The SM-P601/5 are just giant phones. Anything a N3 can do, they can do. Dialers and MMS/SMS are pretty much the same on every phone and the SM-P601/5 are no exception.
Here's a screen shot...
P.S. - In order to use the voice and messaging features the SM-P601/5 have to be provisioned by your carrier as "phones." Tablet-specific data plans don't support calls or MMS even though the device is capable.

I was waiting for a response and didn't get anyone to chime in so I finally got my note 10.1 p605 so here goes yes you need to get a sim with voice and data plan it will work. I'm currently using it as my phone at the moment and it rocks!

I have the SM-P605 4G LTE and I couldn't figure out how to make phone calls on this device. Can you help?
kingrichards said:
I was waiting for a response and didn't get anyone to chime in so I finally got my note 10.1 p605 so here goes yes you need to get a sim with voice and data plan it will work. I'm currently using it as my phone at the moment and it rocks!
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natosports said:
I have the SM-P605 4G LTE and I couldn't figure out how to make phone calls on this device. Can you help?
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Is your SM-P605 from a carrier or Samsung? The U.S. carriers and possibly some others disable voice and MMS and always have in the tablets they offer. If you don't see the Dialer and Messaging apps when you look in the app drawer I'm guessing they've been disabled in whatever version of SM-P605 you have. If you see them and can't use them that means the SIM you're using probably doesn't support voice and MMS. They're either there out-of-the-box or they aren't. If they aren't there's not a lot you can do about it.

BarryH,
I got mine from the Verizon store. I downloaded a Dialer app from Google Play and tried to make a call, but still no go. The app brought up a Dialer, but when I punch in a telephone number, and press Send, it just beeps and does nothing. The Sim card was from my 4G LTE phone. I swapped it over.
I was, however, able to make calls using Google Voice & Groove IP. But man, I would just love to be able to make calls just like a phone.
BarryH_GEG said:
Is your SM-P605 from a carrier or Samsung? The U.S. carriers and possibly some others disable voice and MMS and always have in the tablets they offer. If you don't see the Dialer and Messaging apps when you look in the app drawer I'm guessing they've been disabled in whatever version of SM-P605 you have. If you see them and can't use them that means the SIM you're using probably doesn't support voice and MMS. They're either there out-of-the-box or they aren't. If they aren't there's not a lot you can do about it.
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No Data While on Calls

When on 4G or 3G when in voice calls I cant use or get data and get a message that pops up saying I need to use WIFI for data while on calls. Please tell me there is a work around.

dezoris said:
When on 4G or 3G when in voice calls I cant use or get data and get a message that pops up saying I need to use WIFI for data while on calls. Please tell me there is a work around.
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Have you actived your advanced calling feature?

No is it required now? Never had to do this on M8 or any other verizon device.

dezoris said:
No is it required now? Never had to do this on M8 or any other verizon device.
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For simultaneously data yes. Just got to settings an hit advance calling an follow prompts.

Tigerstown said:
For simultaneously data yes. Just got to settings an hit advance calling an follow prompts.
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Am on business account cant just enable it on phone. Had to use web portal to enable it. Annoying. However its working now thanks.

dezoris said:
Am on business account cant just enable it on phone. Had to use web portal to enable it. Annoying. However its working now thanks.
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Well glad I was able to help you..

Thx. I didn't know this either...

Thanks! Didn't know this had to be activated now either. Glad I found it here!
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Not really sure why this is but I have a suspicion. M8 was supposedly VoLTE compliant, but the settings lacks the "Advanced Calling" section that the M9 ROM has (carriers mess with this all the time; for instance, I was looking at an AT&T M9 yesterday and for the life of me could not find the "power" settings section).
I also have a business account and had to have an agent turn on advanced calling to get the M9 to work this way.
I suspect that Verizon wants to have the option to *charge* for the "feature." That's the only reason I can think they'd break it out separately.

Verizon has no reason to charge for HD calling. While the voice portion is unlimited for most accounts, if you use the video calling it is not. It counts towards the data allowance unless it's used over WiFi. Verizon wind with increased data plans or overage charges.
I personally love the feature, I mostly talk with my LG Tones, and the HD calling is amazingly loud and crystal clear. Good stuff. As has been noted, if you lose LTE/WiFi during an HD call, it will drop. That goes for either side, as both parties have to be capable for it to work at all anyway.

dezoris said:
When on 4G or 3G when in voice calls I cant use or get data and get a message that pops up saying I need to use WIFI for data while on calls. Please tell me there is a work around.
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Tigerstown said:
Have you actived your advanced calling feature?
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Under the tech bulletin here at work, it states the M9 has a single radio unlike the M8 which has a dual radio which allowed for simultaneously calls and data on 3g or 4g (SVDO).
SU1 releasing in June 2015 will fix this and show 1x during a phone call and not the 4g lte symbol as it currently shows on the M9.
So without advanced calling you cannot do this. This is a bummer as I loved this feature.
Disadvantages of advanced calling is if you lose your 4g while going into a building your call drops. unlike traditional calling is handled on the 1x network.

[Q] Any way to enable data while on a phone call?

I was on a call and tried to access something in my browser, and was given a message saying data is unavailable during a call.
That's strange, because every phone I've had for the last 5 years hasn't had an issue with that. Is there any way to change this?

Carrier?

If this is Verizon, make sure you have advanced calling enabled on your phone and your account, which is free. If you are in a 3G area, it's not possible to do both, you need to be on LTE.

Sprint, does not have it but on certain phones

geoff5093 said:
If this is Verizon, make sure you have advanced calling enabled on your phone and your account, which is free. If you are in a 3G area, it's not possible to do both, you need to be on LTE.
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Worked like a charm! Thanks for the info.

6.20.502.5 ATT Firmware

Hi All,
Has anyone extracted the the firmware from the RUU? I did a quick search and just saw one with the HBOOT. Also has anyone installed the HTC RUU? Is it any good?
Thanks in advance.

Here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=66871005&postcount=13

Of course wnc and ckpv5 would be involved!
Guess I should have looked a little harder than searching by the numbers!
Many thanks!
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If anyone is looking for an already modified version of the 6.20.502.5 firmware. I removed the boot.img and the recovery.img file and replaced the hboot file with one that has no red text. This firmware works fine on the AT&T and Developer's Edition models.
Download here.

Hey everyone in this post,
Please check to make sure that you are receiving voice calls. I just discovered that I can make outgoing calls just fine however ALL incoming calls are going directly to voicemail. I'm going to do a little more research but it looks as though I'll need to revert to an earlier firmware. I'm guessing this has something to do with HD Voice.
A couple more things of note: I'm on the latest version of ARHD which is 53.1 (MM); texts work fine both ways; data is fine; voicemail functions fine. Just to give a little background.

ccw1134 said:
Hey everyone in this post,
Please check to make sure that you are receiving voice calls. I just discovered that I can make outgoing calls just fine however ALL incoming calls are going directly to voicemail. I'm going to do a little more research but it looks as though I'll need to revert to an earlier firmware. I'm guessing this has something to do with HD Voice.
A couple more things of note: I'm on the latest version of ARHD which is 53.1 (MM); texts work fine both ways; data is fine; voicemail functions fine. Just to give a little background.
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I'm having the same problem. I fiddled with the APN settings and it seemed (I'll try again) to fix that issue. Meaning I manually entered the APN settings and I was able to receive calls. A bit ridiculous.
Edit: It's not the APN Settings that helped. It's actually switching the preferred network from LTE to 3G or maybe even 2G. Haven't checked it on 2G.

garekinokami said:
I'm having the same problem. I fiddled with the APN settings and it seemed (I'll try again) to fix that issue. Meaning I manually entered the APN settings and I was able to receive calls. A bit ridiculous.
Edit: It's not the APN Settings that helped. It's actually switching the preferred network from LTE to 3G or maybe even 2G. Haven't checked it on 2G.
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I finally got mine working but I have no idea what the magical combination ended up being. I did downgrade to a previous 6.12 firmware but that alone didn't do the trick. I also manually added a new APN in addition to many other things one by one. I was actually on an outgoing call and my line beeped because I had a call waiting! I was so shocked (and pleased) that I hung on the person I was speaking with and answered the call. From then on it has worked fine. Having said that I'm going to sit tight with the phone the way it is until someone much smarter than me lays out a solid plan.
I'm glad you got beyond your problem as well :good:

ccw1134 said:
I finally got mine working but I have no idea what the magical combination ended up being. I did downgrade to a previous 6.12 firmware but that alone didn't do the trick. I also manually added a new APN in addition to many other things one by one. I was actually on an outgoing call and my line beeped because I had a call waiting! I was so shocked (and pleased) that I hung on the person I was speaking with and answered the call. From then on it has worked fine. Having said that I'm going to sit tight with the phone the way it is until someone much smarter than me lays out a solid plan.
I'm glad you got beyond your problem as well :good:
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Are you still able to receive phone calls while on 4G? Any further issues? I asked because ever since upgrading to LP firmware I no longer can receive incoming phone calls while on 4G but I can make calls. I have noticed that while on a call on 4G I can receive calls which is strange. So I have to stay on 3G to receive all incoming calls. Any ideas on a fix? Thanks
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makaveli0622 said:
Are you still able to receive phone calls while on 4G? Any further issues? I asked because ever since upgrading to LP firmware I no longer can receive incoming phone calls while on 4G but I can make calls. I have noticed that while on a call on 4G I can receive calls which is strange. So I have to stay on 3G to receive all incoming calls. Any ideas on a fix? Thanks
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Your situation does sound similar to mine. Whatever combination of zany things that happened for me as forced my network into HSPA+ whereas it used to read LTE. I'm not referring to the icon in the status bar (that still reads 4G). If I go into Settings>About>Network>Cellular network type. That's where I see HSPA+, HSPA or HSPAP depending on where I am. My speeds are WAY slower but it's still functional, yet there's something obviously still broken. Since I can receive calls now I've decided to just "live with it" until I come across a proper solution that I know will work. If that day should ever come though, I'll be sure to post back here.
Update:
I am back to my "Cellular network type" displaying "LTE" and my download speeds also confirm this. Below are the additional steps I took to get to this point:
1. In the phone dialer enter *#*#4636#*#* (takes you to a "Phone info" screen)
2. Scroll down to "Set preferred network type" (take note of its current selection in case you need to go back)
3. Using the dropdown, select GSM/WCDMA/LTE auto
That's it. After a few seconds my data icon refreshed and I knew I was good to go. For good measure I went back to Settings>About>Network to verify my Cellular network type. Good luck.

ccw1134 said:
Hey everyone in this post,
Please check to make sure that you are receiving voice calls. I just discovered that I can make outgoing calls just fine however ALL incoming calls are going directly to voicemail. I'm going to do a little more research but it looks as though I'll need to revert to an earlier firmware. I'm guessing this has something to do with HD Voice.
A couple more things of note: I'm on the latest version of ARHD which is 53.1 (MM); texts work fine both ways; data is fine; voicemail functions fine. Just to give a little background.
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AT&T's deployment of Voice over LTE (which they've branded "HD Voice") does not play well with international-based custom ROMs (basically, most any ROM that is not ATT based). Issues with voice calls is the common symptom.
Best workaround is to call AT&T and ask them to turn off HD Voice for your account (may need to ask for 2nd Tier tech support before you get someone who knows what you are talking about). Yes, you can turn off LTE, but that is obviously not a great option.
Other fixes (APN, firmware) are likely placebo effect at best. Went down a similar path trying to troubleshoot this problem for folks a year ago, before coming to the conclusion (Post #9): http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-htc-one-m8/help/incoming-calls-lte-mode-m8-att-arhd-34-0-t3026710